Aphex Twin reveals how he made Drukqs track ‘Vordhosbn’

Richard D. James has revealed how he made Drukqs track ‘Vordhosbn’ in a behind-the-scenes video.

Posted to a Vimeo account that appears to be run by the Warp veteran, the screengrab video features a beatless version of the ‘Drukqs’ favorite running in PlayerPro, the tracker software that he has previously stated was used to write the 2001 album.

Tracker software has its roots in the Amiga computers of the ‘80s, sequencing notes with numerical values instead of the visual piano rolls seen on DAWs like Ableton Live.

Use of tracker software has fallen off since James wrote Drukqs, but they’re still out there – Renoise (a favorite of Venetian Snares) is the most well known, but PlayerPro is still available as a free download for Mac, Windows and Linux.